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Swayumbhu or Swayumbhunath located on a high hill overlooking Kathmandu valley. The 4-pairs of large eyes, on four sides of the stupa represent Wisdom and Compassion. The Third Eye symbolises cosmic rays emanating from it which is located on forehead and between two eyes. During one of Buddha's teachings, cosmic rays emerged from the Third Eye which were a link set up for the heavenly beings to come down to earth and listen to Buddha's sermons.

The ancient buddhist stupa is one of the largest in the World, the influx of tibetan refugees has seen the construction of over 50 Tibetan Monasteries around Boudhanath.

Patan is renowned as a very artistic city, most of the Nepalese art is devoted to Gods, and there are an abundance of temples and Viharas, buddhist monasteries..

Garuda kneels down in prayer on a pillar facing the Krishna temple inside Patan Durbar Square. Garuda, half bird and half man, it is the vechile of God Vishnu and it is not worshipped as a God, the Tibetan believe Garuda is the King of all Birds.